Health care is a treasure trove for criminals looking to steal reams of personal information, as the hacking of a database maintained by the second-largest U.S. health insurer proves.
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Read More »February 8, 2015 Comments Off on Hackers see rewarding targets in health care companies
Health care is a treasure trove for criminals looking to steal reams of personal information, as the hacking of a database maintained by the second-largest U.S. health insurer proves.
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Read More »February 3, 2015 Comments Off on ACA not behind drop in employer coverage, study says
The number of Marylanders getting health insurance through an employer had been steadily declining since well before the Affordable Care Act, a report finds.
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Read More »January 2, 2015 Comments Off on FDA drug approvals reached 18-year high in 2014
The Food and Drug Administration approved 41 first-of-a-kind drugs in 2014, including a record number of medicines for rare diseases, pushing the agency's annual tally of drug approvals to its highest level in 18 years.
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Read More »December 30, 2014 Comments Off on Report: 4 million actively enroll in health plans
The first 50-state report on the latest sign-up season under President Barack Obama's health care law shows that more than 4 million people selected plans for the first time or re-enrolled in what the administration called "an encouraging start."
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Read More »December 30, 2014 Comments Off on Does CareFirst’s dominance hurt consumers?
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield still dominates the Maryland health exchange. But what’s that mean for consumers’ pockets? And what about for physicians?
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Read More »December 25, 2014 1 Comment
Health care has so much going on that it is hard to choose just 10 stories that had the most impact. Health care providers are learning new ways to do everything that we do. The transitions in health care are ...
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Read More »December 19, 2014 Comments Off on Md. calls revamped health care exchange a success
Maryland's public health secretary is calling the state's revamped health-insurance exchange a success as the second enrollment period hits a milestone.
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Read More »December 16, 2014 Comments Off on Insurers ease ‘Obamacare’ deadline
Trying to head off a new round of consumer headaches with President Barack Obama's health care law, the insurance industry said Tuesday it will give customers more time to pay their premiums for January.
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Read More »December 12, 2014 Comments Off on Md. reports 80,000 health care enrollments
Maryland's health department says more than 80,000 residents have enrolled in health coverage through the state's insurance exchange since the second open enrollment period began Nov. 15.
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Read More »December 10, 2014 1 Comment
State officials say only about a quarter of those people who have to renew their health insurance plans have actually done so.
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